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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/fairfax-county-pilot-program-provide-2m-guaranteed-income-180-eligible-families

Not that 750 a month is a ton of money, but hasn’t this already been tried other places? Is it scalable?

The nature of this program is that it only works if kept small-scale and it only helps the families selected.

If the county decides to tout the results of this program as a win for equity and decides to implement it for all eligible families, then housing and prices will go up and we will be in the same situation we were already in, except now you have a new welfare dependent population.

The county would be better served by examining the policies that make life unaffordable here in the first place.[/quote]

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/economicmobilitypilot
 
more info.  No in person interview. Participation not required in  GMU study on what happens with unrestricted cash payments.  Participation in financial counseling available but not required.  So it's free money and a useless  study will be done. 180 participants and data from the study could be used to justify program expansion.Who pays for this?

Taxpayers , covid cash, and might ask for donors [note indirect taxpayer].  No federal income tax due since "No. The financial assistance payments from this pilot are not included in gross income calculations and are not taxable due to being disaster COVID-19 relief."  Open to non US citizens.

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